Mater Dei Handles Inglewood

By Mike Bresnahan

March 16, 2003 12 AM PT

Santa Ana Mater Dei shook off a slow start and kept alive its quest for a fifth state championship with an 88-54 victory over Inglewood in the Southern California Regional Division II boys’ basketball championship game Saturday at Long Beach Arena.

Wesley Washington scored 19 points and the Monarchs (34-2) helped brush away bad memories of a stunning loss in the last year’s regional final against Riverside King.

Mike Gerrity and Marcel Jones each scored 15 points for Mater Dei, which plays Roseville Woodcreek (27-5) in the state final at 8 p.m. Friday at Arco Arena.

Inglewood guard Ray Reed was slowed by a slew of double-teams and scored 19 points on six-of-19 shooting for the Sentinels (26-10).

Inglewood Coach Pat Roy missed the game because of flu symptoms, he said by phone from home.

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

Mater Dei Handles Inglewood

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